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flaistre (1121-25)
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flaistre (1121-25)

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flestre;  flestri;  fletre,  fletrie  
  FEW:  flaccidus 3,589b Gdf:  flestre 2 4,31b GdfC: ∅ TL: flaistre 3,1897 DEAF:  flaistre F 557 DMF:  flaistre  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  flaccidus 956b

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1withered, flacid, limp: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ses mameles li mustra nues Flaistres de vieillesce e pelues  Brut WACE 2724
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  quant le seson de la poume est passee et il devient flestres (var. (C: s.xivex) flestries) et purris  Sz Med1 38
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  O dame, cil qui toy fist nestre D'un ventre viel, baraigne et flestre  GOWER Mirour 29642
♦putrid: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  De flaistre fum ert fumante  S Brend mup 1105
2weak, frail: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  tu n’as qe cy despendre A ton petit juvent qe est fletre (var. (C: s.xiiim) fletrie) e esclendre  Rom Chev ANTS 1422

See also:

flaistrer  flaistrisable  flaistrisur 
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